Rare Signed 13 1/4” Original Vintage Pure Orange Modern Midcentury Art Glass “Bubbles” / “Bubble Wrap” Vase Designed by Wayne Husted (1927-2022) for Blenko of Wilton, West Virginia Displaying Ovalized Cylinder Covered in Abstract Embossed Circles!
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$850 OFFER
Pair of 9 ¾” Original Vintage Modern Handmade/Hand-Blown Clear & Black or Deep Dark Purple Studio Art Glass Candlesticks/Candleholders Displaying Internally-Decorated Twist Stem, Ruffled Skirt, Twist Top w/ Applied Glass Drips Mimicking Melted Wax!
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$125 OFFER
11” Original Handmade Modern Murano-Style Studio Art Glass Sculpture / Figure / Paperweight Created for Badash Crystal Displaying Heavy Solid Blue Teardrop Form Internally Decorated w/ Wave-Like Designs Attached to a Cut & Polished Square Black Base!
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$75 OFFER
Signed Original Vintage Modern Belgian Handmade/Hand-Blown Thick-Walled Art Glass Vase Created by Artisans at Henry Dean Studios in Zandhoven, Belgium Displaying Low Ovalized Lozenge Shape w/ Internal Greenish-Brown Colorfield!
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$35 OFFER
Tall 12” Signed Original Vintage Late 1940s-1960s Modern Clear & Frosted Sand-Carved/Sandblasted Art Glass Vase by Franz Grosz/Groszart of Corona, New York Displaying Large Water Lily Flower & Under-Leaf Combined w/ Blade-Like Long Leaves!
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$75 OFFER
Tall 14” Modern Cased & Cut Art Glass Ikebana Vase Displaying a Somewhat Hourglass Shape w/ Cylindrical Bottom & Flared Outward Top w/ Layer of Speckled Spatter-Like Green & White Over Clear Interior & Egg-Shaped Ovals Cut Around Exterior Top Area!
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$65 OFFER
Signed Original Vintage Heavy Thick-Walled Modern Japanese Art Glass Vase Designed by New York City & Palm Beach, Florida Artist Larry Laslo (B. 1949-) & Handcrafted by Kurata of Japan for Mikasa Displaying Deep Side Ribs & Internal Silver Flakes!
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$75 OFFER
Artist-Signed 11” Vintage Modern Handmade/Hand-Blown Thick-Walled Studio Art Glass Vase by/for Glass Nuvo of Lithuania Displaying Layered Purple, Gray & Olive Green Patchwork Design, akin to Italian A Losanghe, & Cased Frothy Gray-White Interior!
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$245 OFFER
Signed 12” Original Vintage 1920s-1930s Modern French Art Deco Era Hand-Blown Art Glass Bowl Made in France, Probably Verrerie de Clichy Pantin, Displaying a Fairly Heavy Low Circular Form Internally Decorated w/ a Blend of Purple & White Marbling!
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$95 OFFER
7” Original Vintage Late 1930s-1940s Clear Refrigerator Ware Depression Glass Butter Dish Made by Hazel-Atlas (1902-1964) of Wheeling, West Virginia Displaying a Two-Piece Rectangular Four-Sided Domed Lid & Matching Underplate w/ Criss-Cross Pattern!
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$18 OFFER
Large 11 1/2” Signed Vintage 1970s-1980s Art Glass Basket-Bowl Made by Artisan Jim “JD” Dunlavy at Indiana Glass Company for Tiara Exclusives Displaying “Village Guild” Pattern w/ Scalloped Bead-Like Rim & Round Ball Bearing Roller Cage-Shaped Base!
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$38 OFFER
Rare Signed Original Vintage 1960s-1970s Modern Midcentury Studio Art Glass Sculpture/Figure by Czechoslovakian Artist Professor Jan Cerny & Majak, Jablonec nad Nisou, Displaying Standing Horned Owl in Blue w/ Large Open Eyes & Forward Curved Wings!
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$265 OFFER
Large 17 5/8” Signed Original Vintage Modern Art Nouveau Revival Hand-Blown Cased Art Glass Vase by Essie Zareh at his Baijan Studio in Azerbaijan, near Russia, Displaying Green, Purple, Blue & White Layering & Abstract Kralik-Like Threaded Surface!
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$145 OFFER
Visually-Striking 11 3/4” Hand-Blown Thick-Walled Artist-Made Modern Studio Art Glass Vase Displaying Beautiful Internal Decoration Appearing as Underwater Ocean Scene Comprised of Wave-Like Blues & Greens Combined w/ Colorful Kelp-Like Formations!
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$75 OFFER
8” Original Vintage Hand-Blown Modern Studio Art Glass Vase Most Likely Created by an American Artist Displaying Thick Circular Cobalt Blue Base, Cobalt Blue Bulbous-Spherical Body & Small Flared Top Opening w/ Yellow Nailsea-Type Feather Pull Design
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$75 OFFER
Two (2) 11 ¾” Original Vintage 1930s Modern White Opalescent Monax Depression Glass Dinner Plates Made by MacBeth-Evans of Charleroi, Pennsylvania Displaying American Sweetheart Pattern w/ Scalloped/Fluted Rim & Eight (8) Panels of Three (3) Petals!
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$38 OFFER
6 ¾” Original Vintage 1930s Modern Green Depression Glass Pitcher Made by Jeannette of Pennsylvania Displaying Six (6) Vertical Arch-Shaped Panels Containing the All-Over Cherry Blossom Pattern & Scalloped/Fluted Base w/ Nine (9) Cherries!
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$20 OFFER
Rare Original Vintage 1930s-1940s Modern Hand-Blown Purple/Amethyst Glass Pitcher Displaying Beautifully-Rendered Art Deco/Machine Age Design Comprised of Eight (8) Stacked Horizontal Round Rings/Ribbing on Thin-Walled Conical Form w/ Applied Handle!
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$85 OFFER
Signed Original Vintage 1970s-1980s Modern White Milk Art Glass Pitcher Made by Fenton of Williamstown, West Virginia Displaying Eight (8) Vertical Side Panels, Ovalized Top & Hand-Painted by Decorator Sue Jackson w/ Red Flowers, Stems & Leaves!
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$38 OFFER
Beautiful Large 12” Original Vintage (Possibly Antique) Brilliant Cut-To-Clear Art Glass Pitcher most likely Made by an American Company Displaying Three Vertical Panels of Long-Stemmed Flowers Surrounded by Smaller Panels of Cross-Cutting Designs!
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$95 OFFER
Rare Tall 16 ¼” Signed Out-of-Production Modern Handmade/Hand-Blown Lampwork/Flamework Clear Thin-Walled Studio Art Glass Champagne Katrina Goblet by Juliska of Czech Republic Displaying Raised Circular Base, Twist & Ball Stem & Elongated Flute Top!
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$110 OFFER
11 ¼” Original Vintage 1940s-1950s Clear Fancy/Elegant Glass Cake/Torte Plate w/ Two Open Handles Made by Cambridge of Ohio in Collaboration w/ Sun City of Meriden, Connecticut Displaying Sterling Overlay “Happy Anniversary” & Flanders Flower Design!
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$28 OFFER
Beautiful Large & Tall 15 3/4” Original Vintage Modern Midcentury Thick-Walled Hand-Blown Bohemian Art Glass Vase Designed by Josef Hospodka (1923-1989) for Borske Sklo (aka Chribska Glassworks) of Czechoslovakia Displaying Organic Lobed/Ribbed Shape
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$75 OFFER
Original Antique Late 19th / Early 20th Century French White Opaline Art Glass Lady’s Spittoon Displaying Smaller Version of Classic Spittoon Shape Comprised of a Squat-Shaped Bulbous Bottom, Hour-Glass Mid Section, & Wide Flaring Circular Top!
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$65 OFFER
Outstanding Large 17 1/4” Artist-Created Original Vintage Modern American Fused & Slumped Kiln-Fired Studio Art Glass Tray Displaying Iridescent Blue Rectangular Form w/ Purple & Gold Hues & Mosaic-Like Still Life of Turquoise Bowl w/ Colorful Fruit!
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$125 OFFER
Rare Large 12 ¼” Original Antique Carder-Era (1903-1932) Hand-Blown American Art Glass Vase Designed by Frederick Carder (1863-1963) & Made by Steuben Glassworks of Corning, New York Displaying Optical “Draped” Pattern in Translucent Purple-Amethyst!
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$385 OFFER
Beautiful Pair (2) of Original Vintage 1940s-1950s Modern Crystal Art Glass Bookends by Fostoria Displaying the Shape of Greek Lyre-Harps w/ Two Curved Upright Arms Designed w/ Scrolling Acanthus Leaves, Columnar Crossbar, Three Strings & Tuning Caps
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$40 OFFER
Signed Original Vintage Colonial-Blue Pressed Art Glass Toothpick Holder Made by the Kanawha Company of Dunbar, West Virginia Displaying a Snare-Drum Form w/ Band of Thirteen (13) Stars Around Top & Bottom & Three (3) Embossed Full-Bodied Eagles!
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$12 OFFER
Pair (2) of Original Vintage Colonial-Blue Pressed Art Glass Toothpick Holders Made by the L. E. Smith Company of Jeannette, Pennsylvania Displaying “Dominion” Pattern akin to “Georgian” but w/ Nine (9) Top Panels & Star Design in Circular Base!
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$22 OFFER
Beautifully-Created Artist-Signed Original Vintage Modern Thick-Walled Clear & Frosted Lalique-Like Crystal Art Glass Menorah-Candleholder Displaying Solid-Block Wall-Like Shape w/ Sculpturally-Textured Surface of Radiating Lines & Central Shamash!
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$225 OFFER
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For those of you searching the vast frontiers of art and design on Ruby Lane, please know the high standards of steadfast honesty, fairness, and responsibility will be assiduously provided and maintained by Design References, which is an "Exclusive Shop" on Ruby Lane.About Us
Design References is a life-long pursuit established by a former art museum curator who can call upon half a century of searching, collecting, and researching the aggressive, progressive, regressive, and retrogressive ideals of modern design rooted in the nineteenth century, culminating in the twentieth century, and then metastasizing in the twenty first century. Areas of very humble expertise include all of the traditional decorative arts, architecture, industrial and studio arts, with a particular emphasis on the handmade object.The inventory at Design References includes all media, both two and three dimensional. This includes but is not limited to art glass, ceramics and studio pottery, metalwork of all types, textiles and fiber art, leather and wood art, plastics of all genre, silver and gold, stone art, sculpture, bronze, the painted surface including oils and acrylics and watercolor -- among others, the printed surface including serigraph and mezzotint and etching -- among others, as well as paper-related art and design forms. In addition, the inventory at Design References can boast over ten thousand examples of enamel art, otherwise known as glass on metal, which includes copper, steel, aluminum, iron, and bronze.
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